Home of Hasina’s father torched


No mercy: Protesters setting fire to the Dhanmondi-32 residence of Sheikh Mujibur in Dhaka. — Reuters

Protesters brought excavator diggers to the former home of the father of ousted autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, in an attempt to flatten the building.

Her father, Bangladesh’s first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is widely viewed as an independence hero, but his relation to Hasina has turned him into a symbol of hate for many.

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